List of people on the asexual spectrum explained

This is a list of notable people on the spectrum of asexuality who have been open about their sexuality. The number of notable asexual individuals is likely to be several times higher than the number of individuals who appear on this list due to fact that many famous people have hidden their sexual orientations.

People on the asexual spectrum lack sexual attraction to others or experience low or absent interest in or desire for sexual activity.[1] [2] [3] The spectrum includes sub-identities,[4] including gray asexuality and demisexuality. Asexual individuals may represent about one percent of the population.[2]

Many people who identify as asexual also identify with other labels. These other identities include how they define their gender and their romantic orientation.[5] They will oftentimes integrate these characteristics into a greater label that they identify with. Regarding romantic or emotional aspects of sexual orientation or sexual identity, for example, asexuals may identify as heterosexual, lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer[6] [7] or by the following terms to indicate that they associate with the romantic, rather than sexual, aspects of sexual orientation:[8] [9]

List

NameLifespanNationalityNotable as
born 1981AustralianWriter[10]
born 1992AmericanVoice actress[11]
born 1996EnglishModel, activist, and writer[12] [13] [14] [15]
born 1993AmericanActivist[16]
(Cube Watermelon)born 1989AmericanWebcomic artist[17] [18] [19]
born 1992American Actress[20]
AmericanAuthor, podcast host[21]
born 1997AmericanActress, singer[22]
born 1975/1976AmericanPlaywright, author, TikToker[23]
AmericanActor[24] [25]
(swankivy)born 1978AmericanWriter, YouTuber, and activist [26]
(Jaiden Animations)born 1997AmericanYouTuber and animator[27] [28] [29]
born 1988AmericanMusician[30]
born 1990American-BritishYouTuber[31]
born 1986BrazilianActress, model, and television presenter[32]
born 1955MexicanSinger and songwriter[33] [34]
born 1995AmericanVoice actor[35]
born 2000AmericanActress and singer[36]
1925–2000AmericanWriter, costume designer, and artist[37]
born 1953AmericanAuthor, academic, and television personality[38] [39]
Hansolborn 1994South KoreanK-pop musician[40]
1947–2021New ZealanderNovelist, poet and short-story writer[41]
Izaborn 1990BrazilianSinger, songwriter and dancer
born 1982AmericanAsexual activist[42]
born 1949AmericanMedia personality and retired Olympic gold medal-winning decathlete[43]
born 1983JapaneseManga artist and illustrator[44]
born 1985AmericanActress, Model, and Fashion Designer[45]
born 1994CanadianPop artist, author, journalist and CEO of VOID Collective[46]
born 1982AmericanAuthor of fantasy and romantic fiction[47] [48]
born 1989AmericanCartoonist and author[49]
FrenchJournalist, podcast host[50]
born 1992AmericanVoice actor and ADR director[51]
born 1987AmericanAuthor and Earth scientist[52]
AmericanAuthor and journalist[53]
born 1978AmericanAuthor and filker[54]
born 1984CanadianFilm director, screenwriter, and editor[55]
AmericanVoice actress[56]
born 1998JapaneseModel and actor[57] [58]
born 1982AmericanYouTuber and video game writer[59] [60]
born 1986DutchWriter[61]
born 1994EnglishAuthor of young adult fiction[62]
born 1993AmericanWriter, academic, artist[63] [64]
born 1959AmericanStand-up comedian, author, actor, interviewer, and commentator[65]
(Alpharad)born 1995AmericanYouTuber, esports personality, and musician[66]
AmericanActivist[67] [68]
IndianDoctor, public health official, and activist[69]
(Cavetown)born 1998EnglishSinger-songwriter, record producer, and YouTuber[70] [71]
Sweet Anitaborn 1990EnglishTwitch streamer and YouTuber[72] [73]
born 1986AmericanAuthor of speculative fiction[74]

See also

Notes and References

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  2. Book: Katherine M. Helm . Hooking Up: The Psychology of Sex and Dating . . 2015 . 978-1610699518 . 32 . January 4, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201122195144/https://books.google.com/books?id=O3K9CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA32 . November 22, 2020 . live.
  3. Book: Kelly, Gary F. . Sexuality Today: The Human Perspective . . 2004 . 978-0-07-255835-7 . 7th . 401 (sidebar) . Chapter 12 . Asexuality is a condition characterized by a low interest in sex. . registration.
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  5. MacNeela . Pádraig . Murphy . Aisling . December 30, 2014 . Freedom, Invisibility, and Community: A Qualitative Study of Self-Identification with Asexuality . Archives of Sexual Behavior . 44 . 3 . 799–812 . 10.1007/s10508-014-0458-0 . 0004-0002 . 25548065 . 23757013.
  6. Web site: 2008 . Overview . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20161119005301/http://www.asexuality.org/home/?q=overview.html . November 19, 2016 . January 6, 2016 . The Asexual Visibility and Education Network.
  7. Book: Christina Richards . Sexuality and Gender for Mental Health Professionals: A Practical Guide . Meg Barker . . 2013 . 978-1-4462-9313-3 . 124–127 . July 3, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140728200354/http://books.google.com/books?id=uSiXAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT124 . July 28, 2014 . live.
  8. Book: Karli June Cerankowski . Asexualities: Feminist and Queer Perspectives . Megan Milks . . 2014 . 978-1-134-69253-8 . 89–93 . July 3, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140716130847/http://books.google.com/books?id=zLgTAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA89 . July 16, 2014 . live.
  9. Web site: Understanding Asexuality . December 1, 2022 . The Trevor Project . en-US.
  10. Web site: Beller . Jerry . Morgan Bell . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150814020820/http://authoralliance.net/morgan-bell/ . 2015-08-14 . 2023-07-13 . Author Alliance.
  11. Bennett . Dawn M. . DawnMBennettVA . 1807565100959793532 . 1 July 2024 . Happy Last Day of #Pride2024! I’ve always been a li’l anxious to say it out loud, but screw it! I’m asexual! To be more specific, I fall under the demi category. I’ve actually been demi for over a decade, but didn’t know it had a name until much later! ️‍ . 2 July 2024 .
  12. News: Pantony . Ali . February 19, 2021 . 'People think I must be unlovable, fussy or mentally ill:' Here's what it really means to be asexual and aromantic . . https://web.archive.org/web/20230420114842/https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/asexuality-and-aromanticism . April 20, 2023. live . April 20, 2023.
  13. Web site: December 28, 2018 . An Interview with Yasmin Benoit & Clara Josefine . Aislin Magazine . September 25, 2019 . September 25, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190925074458/https://www.aislinmagazine.com/yasmin-benoit-clara-josefine . dead .
  14. News: Boatner . Cameren . December 12, 2019 . Attitude Becomes First UK Magazine Featuring an asexual Woman on Cover . . February 17, 2020.
  15. News: Gallagher . Sophie . December 6, 2019 . Attitude becomes first magazine to put an asexual woman on the cover . . February 17, 2020.
  16. Web site: Warren . Nick . June 30, 2020 . Q & Ace: Marshall John Blount . December 1, 2022 . Erie Reader.
  17. 523406624807845889. cubewatermelon. Over the past year I've discovered that I'm probably asexual, which in retrospect explains a lot about my work and taste in media.. Cagle. Mary. Mary Cagle. https://web.archive.org/web/20221205203043/https://twitter.com/cubewatermelon/status/523406624807845889. December 5, 2022. April 20, 2023 . live.
  18. 622812619003424769. cubewatermelon. @ModestNarcissus Yeah I'm asexual soooo >_>. Cagle. Mary. Mary Cagle. https://web.archive.org/web/20220920171958/https://twitter.com/cubewatermelon/status/622812619003424769. September 20, 2022. April 20, 2023 . live.
  19. 1135381409055592449. cubewatermelon. This the season. Cagle. Mary. Mary Cagle. https://web.archive.org/web/20221205202655/https://twitter.com/cubewatermelon/status/1135381409055592449. December 5, 2022. April 20, 2023 . live.
  20. Web site: Kaplan . Rebecca . 2022-02-14 . Mary Chieffo Talks STAR TREK, Coming Out and Acting . 2023-07-13 . Geek Girl Authority . en-US.
  21. Web site: Francisco . Miriam . 'Sounds fake, but okay': Navigating asexuality on campus. . December 4, 2018. April 10, 2023.
  22. Curda . Piper . pipercurda . 1535473130503815169 . 11 June 2022 . as promised: as someone on the ace spectrum myself, i had a lot of fun thinking of jen as asexual. just desperate for a friend and unbelievably stoked that she found so many. 1/2 . 5 June 2023 .
  23. Web site: Nash . Suzi . 2023-04-21 . Cody Daigle-Orians and Zoe Stoller: Ace All Around . 2023-06-02 . Philadelphia Gay News . en-US.
  24. . Web site: Skyler Davenport (@TheBlindPsychic) | Twitter . March 20, 2023 . November 10, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201110122938/https://twitter.com/theblindpsychic . bot: unknown .
  25. Web site: Alexiou . Gus . Blind Non-Binary See For Me Star Skyler Davenport Helps Hollywood See Intersectionality . Forbes . April 20, 2023 . February 17, 2022 . They [Davenport] continue, "I went a number of years until I was introduced to the terms asexual and non-binary as orientations. And then I just felt like, 'Oh yeah, that's it.'".
  26. News: Weller . Chris . September 21, 2015 . What it's like to be completely asexual . Tech Insider . June 18, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151024081703/http://www.techinsider.io/what-its-like-to-be-asexual-2015-9 . October 24, 2015 . live.
  27. Web site: Moen . Matt . March 23, 2022 . YouTuber Jaiden Animations Comes Out as Aroace . March 24, 2022 . Paper.
  28. Web site: Henderson . Taylor . March 21, 2022 . YouTuber Jaiden Animations Comes Out as Aroace, Here's What That Means . March 24, 2022 . Pride.
  29. Web site: van der Velde . Issy . March 23, 2022 . Jaiden Animations' Coming Out Video Perfectly Treads the Line Between Public and Private . March 24, 2022 . TheGamer.
  30. Web site: Dupuis . Sadie . Sadie Dupuis . May 25, 2015 . Happy Campers . August 24, 2021 . Rookie.
  31. Web site: Edinger . Evan . Evan Edinger. February 14, 2019 . This is what it's like to celebrate Valentine's Day as an asexual person . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201108001220/https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/valentines-day-asexual-demisexual-single-relationships-dating-sex-a8779031.html . November 8, 2020 . . April 20, 2023.
  32. Web site: October 19, 2022 . Demissexual: entenda o termo usado por Iza e Giovanna Ewbank para explicar sexualidade . December 1, 2022 . . pt-br . Demisexual: understand the term used by Iza and Giovanna Ewbank to explain sexuality.
  33. Web site: October 20, 2015 . Ana Gabriel: "Soy asexual como los ángeles" . November 10, 2021 . . es-ES . Ana Gabriel: "I am asexual like the angels".
  34. Web site: October 23, 2015. Ana Gabriel dice: Soy asexual . Cuatro Poder . es-MX . Ana Gabriel says: I am asexual.
  35. 876928578419539968. kellengoff . Kellen Goff . By the way, I dunno how people usually "come out", I've realized that I'm demisexual. Not a big deal, just thought I'd get it off my chest.. August 12, 2021. en. Goff. Kellen . https://web.archive.org/web/20210821091554/https://twitter.com/kellengoff/status/876928578419539968 . August 21, 2021 . live.
  36. 1562572861193146371. celiargooding. I can feel the greyace leaving my body when Virgo's Groove comes on what did Beyoncé put in that mf SONG. 24 August 2022.
  37. Web site: Bellot . Gabrielle . December 28, 2018 . Edward Gorey and the Power of the Ineffable . December 1, 2022 . . en.
  38. Web site: Hernandez . Greg . September 12, 2010 . Tim Gunn's revealing People interview: "When I was seventeen, I'd made a serious suicide attempt" . September 12, 2017 . Greg In Hollywood.
  39. Book: Gunn, Tim . Gunn's golden rules : life's little lessons for making it work . 2010 . Gallery Books . Ada Calhoun . 978-1-4391-7656-6 . 1st . New York . 464593413.
  40. Web site: August 21, 2017 . Topp Dogg's Hansol comes out about his sexuality . December 1, 2022 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20221201194558/https://www.sbs.com.au/popasia/blog/2017/08/21/topp-doggs-hansol-comes-out-about-his-sexuality . December 1, 2022 . en . dead.
  41. Web site: Bridgeman . Shelley . August 7, 2007 . No sex please, we're asexual. December 1, 2022 . The New Zealand Herald. en-NZ.
  42. News: Sohn . Amy . February 28, 2005 . Shifting to Neutral: No interest in sex is nothing to get worked up about . May 31, 2016 . New York.
  43. News: Yahr . Emily . April 24, 2015 . Bruce Jenner's in-depth interview: 'For all intents and purposes, I am a woman' . en-US . . December 1, 2022 . 0190-8286.
  44. 199640030942208000. yuhkikamatani . Kamatani . Yuhki . Yuhki Kamatani . 隠すことでもわざわざ言うことでもカテゴライズするようなことでもないと分かっているけど、無難に生きようと、へらへら誤魔化している自分に対して無性に腹立たしく思う時があります。誤魔化したくない。私はXジェンダーでアセクシャルなセクシュアルマイノリティです。そんな程度の人間です。. https://archive.today/20180519123534/https://twitter.com/yuhkikamatani/status/199640030942208000 . May 19, 2018 . April 20, 2023 . dead . ja . I know it's nothing to hide, say, or categorize, but there are times when I feel really angry with myself for trying to live a safe life. I don't want to mislead you. I am X gender and asexual. That's the extent of who I am..
  45. Web site: Reddish . David . 2021-12-17 . 'With Love' star Isis King on surviving pandemics, sex scenes, and action heroism . 2024-01-21 . Queerty.
  46. Web site: Street . Mikelle . March 31, 2020 . Author Alex Kazemi Explains Why He Came Out as Demisexual . December 1, 2022 . . en.
  47. Web site: Klune . TJ . August 28, 2015 . Asexuality & Me; Or, How I Can Be 33 Years Old & Come Out Again . December 1, 2022 . A Fistful of Awesome.
  48. Carter . Ellen . August 18, 2020 . Asexual Romance in an Allosexual World: How Ace-Spectrum Characters (and Authors) Create Space for Romantic Love . Journal of Popular Romance Studies . 9 . 1–19.
  49. Web site: Carlisle . Madeleine . August 31, 2022 . Gender Queer Author 'Relieved' After Court Rules Book's Sale Can't Be Restricted in Virginia . December 1, 2022 . . en.
  50. Free From Desire. 7 June 2023. 3 July 2023.
  51. Web site: Davis . Victoria . August 10, 2019 . Directing Dubs: David Wald talks directing Hitorijime My Hero and LGBTQ+ anime . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200609002242/https://hiddenremote.com/2019/08/10/david-wald-hitorijime-my-hero-anime/ . June 9, 2020 . November 17, 2021 . HiddenRemote.
  52. Web site: Wheeler . André-Naquian . Representation, YA, and Elatsoe: A Q&A Between Darcie Little Badger and André-Naquian Wheeler . December 1, 2022 . Levine Querido . en-US.
  53. Web site: Mac . Gabriel . Gabriel Mac. December 20, 2021 . My Penis, Myself . December 1, 2022 . Intelligencer . en-us.
  54. 831207171643695104. seananmcguire. McGuire . Seanan . My name is pronounced SHAWN-in, and while there are many aspects to the book that are not mine, I identify as demisexual.. Seanan McGuire. November 24, 2019.
  55. Web site: Steinberg. Danita. February 8, 2023 . Sundance 2022: Director Ashley McKenzie talks ‘Queens of the Qing Dynasty,’ Cape Breton and asexuality. June 4, 2024 . . en-US.
  56. 1278892107319541761. tsunderica. My twitter is a safe space for all LGBTQIA+ people, but as an ace myself, this particularly resonates with me \o/ https://t.co/oWv2JRW6At. Erica Mendez. January 14, 2021. en. Mendez. Erica . https://web.archive.org/web/20221225194419/https://twitter.com/tsunderica/status/1278892107319541761 . December 25, 2022 . dead.
  57. Web site: Nakayama . Satsuki . Satsuki Nakayama . March 27, 2019 . 無性愛続き . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220922053202/https://lineblog.me/nakayamasatsuki/archives/1505894.html . September 22, 2022 . April 26, 2020 . 中山咲月 公式ブログ . ja . Asexuality, continuation.
  58. Web site: Nakayama . Satsuki . Satsuki Nakayama . January 1, 2019 . 無性愛 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220922110548/https://lineblog.me/nakayamasatsuki/archives/1467406.html . September 22, 2022 . April 26, 2020 . 中山咲月 公式ブログ . ja . Asexuality.
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  60. Web site: Neumann . Mikey . Mikey Neumann . October 23, 2015 . A is for (A)sexual . December 1, 2022 . The Mary Sue . en.
  61. Nijkamp . Marieke . Marieke Nijkamp. mariekeyn . 616699882036834305 . I'm Marieke, I'm Catholic, I identify as homoromantic asexual and, I guess, not-always-binary. She/her. #reliqueer . April 17, 2023 .
  62. Web site: Oseman . Alice . Alice Oseman . Alice Oseman on being aromantic asexual . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200629023916/https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z2fk3j6 . June 29, 2020 . June 4, 2022 . BBC Bitesize.
  63. Web site: 2021-10-26 . Exploring Asexuality: The "A" in LGBTQIA+ . 2024-02-18 . . en . Michael Paramo — creator of AZE journal (originally known as The Asexual) and moderator for the Facebook group The Ace and Aro Advocacy Project — is a digital artist and researcher who identifies as homoromantic and asexual..
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  65. Web site: Nesti . Robert . August 21, 2013 . Paula Poundstone Lives Her Life in Her Comedy . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160810140236/http://www.edgemedianetwork.com/entertainment/celebrities/news//148422/paula_poundstone_lives_her_life_in_her_comedy_ . August 10, 2016 . July 10, 2016 . Edge Media Network.
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  69. Web site: Overdorf . Jason . Datta . Romita . Halim . Moeena . Singh . Suhani . February 14, 2017 . From matrimony website for asexuals to hall of heroes: All that's changing around you . December 1, 2019 . India Today . en.
  70. 1173762669804949509. CAVETOWN . Ace and aro are spectrums! I still identify with both :). Robin Daniel Skinner. December 27, 2020. Robin. Skinner.
  71. Robin Skinner . Being Aro Is Fine (Advice #5) . Video . September 16, 2018 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210602220352/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P6tzcmia4c . June 2, 2021 . March 2, 2021 . YouTube.
  72. Sweet Anita. The Truth About My Sexuality – Am I Demisexual? . Video . May 29, 2020 . December 1, 2022 . YouTube.
  73. Sweet Anita, the demi-sexual, prepares lamb, human flesh, biscuits and gravy and bitch lasagna for your last meal, bone apple tea! . November 12, 2018 . Comedy Catacombs . December 1, 2022 . Player FM.
  74. 1270894887215534080. Merc_Wolfmoor. hi folks! this will be a 'welcome, this is me' thread because it's been awhile :D I'm Merc Wolfmoor, i'm non-binary, aro/ace, autistic, undiagnosed ADHD, queer, and i write things! I tweet about writing, video games, SFFH stuff, movies, and my ridiculous kitten Tater Tot ^-^. February 26, 2022. Wolfmoor. Merc Fenn . Merc Fenn Wolfmoor.